The H1N1 (swine flu) vaccine is available, and health officials expect to receive more doses of the vaccine for those wanting it.

More than 604,000 doses have been ordered thus far in South Carolina by the state’s public health departments or hospitals and other private providers, said Adam Myrick, spokesman for the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.

The vaccine comes in either a nasal spray or an injectable form, and the majority of the doses have been the latter type.

VAN WYCK - Standing on her new porch under a cloudy sky, Rosemary Fann can still see the tent she was almost forced to live in.

Fann pitched the tent under the talls trees on her Van Wyck propety soon after losing her mobile home in June. She had fallen behind on payments for her home, and it was later repossessed, leaving her with no place to live.

The only things left were her garage, filled with her pets, and her piece of property, which she had shared with her late husband, Randy.

Changes may be on the way for the county’s prisoner medical care policy.

Lancaster County Council on Monday discussed changes to its policy on medical care for inmates charged with certain types of offenses.

County Administrator Steve Willis recommended a change to the county’s code 2-233, which would clarify who covers medical costs for inmates involved in municipal court offenses or general sessions offenses.

INDIAN LAND - Thanks to his quick actions on a second-floor balcony, Revery Johnson Jr. saved his little brother’s life last spring.

The heroic deed has earned him the National Boy Scout Medal of Honor.

Johnson, a 10-year-old Boy Scout who hails from Indian Land but spent much of the year in Nigeria, saved his 2-year-old brother, Robert, when he almost fell through the balcony railing of the family apartment.

The family was living in Lagos, Nigeria, where Revery’s father, Revery Sr., was working as a crane engineer.

While you may talk about trends and statistics that suggest black boys are struggling in school and in society, what are you doing to address the problem?

Dr. Richard Ramsey, a motivational educator who’s spent nearly 30 years in education, challenged an audience of concerned residents on Friday afternoon to think about the efforts being made to reach black boys.

Williams, a Lancaster native who achieved national stardom in the late 1950s and early ‘60s, said he knew his show Sunday at the Newberry Opera House, a show billed as the 50th anniversary show for Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, would be a winner before he even stepped on stage.

The debate over an assisted-living center in Indian Land continues as Lancaster County Council decided to table the issue at its recent meeting.

Council was to consider an ordinance allowing for care facilities for the elderly as a conditional use in residential and commercial areas zoned Residential-15P, Business-1 and Business-2, but council decided to table the ordinance until its Nov. 2 meeting. This is the second version of the ordinance to be heard by council.